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celestial | otherworld |

As nouns the difference between celestial and otherworld

is that celestial is an inhabitant of heaven or celestial can be (obsolete|sometimes|capitalized) a native of china while otherworld is a world beyond death; an afterlife.

As an adjective celestial

is relating to heaven in a religious sense.

celestial

English

Alternative forms

* (qualifier)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) celestial, from .

Adjective

(-)
  • Relating to heaven in a religious sense.
    • (Milton)
  • Relating to the sky or space.
  • * Shakespeare
    • The twelve celestial signs.
  • (Mormonism) Of or pertaining to the highest degree of glory.
  • * {{quote-journal , year=1974 , date=February , title=A Sure Trumpet Sound: Quotations from President Lee , journal=Ensign citation
    • , passage=We are now living and obeying celestial' laws that will make us candidates for ' celestial glory.}}
  • * {{quote-journal , year=1997 , date=November , author=Richard J. Maynes , title=A Celestial Connection to Your Teenage Years , journal=Ensign citation
    • , passage=How will you make it through your teenage years spiritually prepared for your celestial' future? How will you connect your ' celestial goals with your everyday life?}}
    Synonyms
    * (Relating to heaven in a religious sense) divine, heavenly, spiritual
    Derived terms
    * celestial body * Celestial Empire * celestial equator * celestial globe * celestial guidance * celestial horizon * celestial latitude * celestial longitude * celestial navigation * celestial peace * celestial pole * celestial sphere

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An inhabitant of heaven.
  • * {{quote-book , year=1913 , author=Horace Coffin Stanton , title=Telepathy of the Celestial World citation
    • , passage=For the celestials communicate by the psychic dispatch. Scriptures prove that. }}

    Etymology 2

    From Celestial Empire, a formerly used name for China.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, sometimes, capitalized) A native of China.
  • * {{quote-book , year=1897 , author=Joseph Llewelyn Thomas , title=Journeys Among the Gentle Japs in the Summer of 1895 , chapter=The North Pacific citation
    • , passage=Three celestials died during the voyage, and, in accordance with the contract, their remains were embalmed and carried on to China.}}
  • (obsolete, slang) by extension, an East Asian person.

    • References

    * * * Kingdoms of Glory on LDS.org. ----

    otherworld

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (paganism) The other realms of existence beyond the world of mankind, especially the realms of the dead or the fairy folk.

    • References

    *1990 Understanding Runes, Michael Howard, Thorson, ISBN 1 85538 013 7, page 21. *: In these dreams the spirits of the Otherworld materialized in the shape of animals and spoke to them. *2001 Thunder issue 16&17 (Heathen Journal), The Tale of Aelfstan, Wulf Hengestsson. *: It is a time when folk remember their Ancestors in the Otherworlds and when the veil between the worlds is so thin that, with a little magic, you could pass through it. *2005 Taking Up The Runes, Diana Paxson, Weiser Books, ISBN 1-57863-325-7, page 207. *:The spiritual skill that above all identifies the shaman is the ability to go into trance and journey through the Otherworld at will.